Improvement in stanchion s for cattle



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Lette-'rs Patent No. 102,804, dated May 10, 1870.

IMPRVEMENI;l IN STANCHIONS FOR CATTLE.

The. Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part of the same To a-ll whom it mal/ concern Be it known that I, WAnrrEr. CLGLFFORD, of Jamestown, in the county ot' Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Cattle-Rack;

and I do hereby declare that the following yis a full,-

clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same,

`reference being y had\ t0 the accompanying drawing forming part ot' this specification.

The invention relates, to cattle-racks and consists in the improvement hereafter specified in claim.

"lhe drawing represents a side elevation of 4a cattlerack, showing my improved -ariiangement of means for operating the stanchions.

A are the fixed stanchions, and B (l the movable ones.

The one, C, is connected to the fixed stanchion'by the bars l) E, pivoted to each, so that, in 'moving it to open the space between it and the next stanchion, A, tothe right, for the admission of' the animals head to reach the food beyond, it will be raised also, and, to hold it in the openand raised position, the bar D has a prolongation, D', at the opposite .side of the stanchion towhich it is connected, to tlie end of which a notched arm, F, is jointed, which slides through a staple, G, andthe notch H hooks onto the pin K, so that the weight ofthe stanchion will retain-it in the hooked position; and, when it is so hooked, the arm F will project across the wide open space for the animals head to pass between the stanchions, so that, when 'he reaches down to the food, his neck will force the arm down and disconnect it from the pin, and allow the stanchion to falland secure the animal.

I is a spring catch on the arm l"',`springing outahove the staple, when the stanchionisin the closed position, and lockingl the arm to 'hold it there.

The stanchon B is connectedto itstixd stanchionv A by only one bar, ,1), above the center, and the foot is confined between two pins a a', so that the upper end only' will swing up against the stanchionto which itis connected. i

The arm F, connected to the extension D' is hooked onto the pin G to hold the staiiehion B np, and to be detached by the animal, to let it fall.

Having th nsdescribed my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure 'by Letters Patent* f 1. The fixed stanchion A, movable staucl1ionG,piv oted bars D D E, notched arm F, staple G, spring catch I, and' pin K, all relatively constructed and arranged as and for the purpose described,l

2. The combination of lever AD D', notched level' l" H, and staple G, as arid for the`purpo`se described.

W. C. GIFFORD.

Witnesses T. S'. BLY, A. C. ROBERTSON. 

